Pluggers by Rick McKee for November 08, 2012

Way back in my day everybody grew their hair long, even the women.

I remember being able to get a shave, haircut from the barber, and a shoeshine while you were waiting. Cost more than 2 bits for the shave and a haircut, but that was before AIDS and HIV. Even when I had long(er) hair, I still got haircuts to keep it lookin neat.

There was a day when two bits had more value. The inflation created by the spending of politicians ruined that.

I remember when they kept the sexes apart. Plus the races.

Those were not good old days.

Why, back in the day, even I had hair…..

Back in the late 1800s, most men did not shave. That was a lot more economical.

everyone knows the best shaving lather comes from shaving soap and brush which i still use

I go back far enough to remember always getting a “singe” at the end of my haircut. The barber used a “taper” (a long thin lit candle) to burn the ends of my hair. It made the place smell like someone had set a chicken on fire.

SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS!!!!! okay six bits…………..

Yukonaric: That’s the way I learned it, but even I am not old enough to remember when that was the price. It was at least a whole dollar.

I thought a pluuger remembers one of their parents being the family Unisex stylist.